Moores School Chamber Players

Rachel Shukan

Rachel Shukan (soprano) is originally from Boston, Ma, but currently resides in Houston, TX. She attends The University of Houston Moores School of Music pursuing a Graduate Degree in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy. Rachel enjoys studying voice with Professor Joseph Evans to master the art of singing. Some of her favorite roles include Marenka (The Bartered Bride), Mrs. Segstrom (A Little Night Music), Mrs. Maurrant (Street Scene), Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), Nella (Gianni Schicchi), Princess Agilea (Teseo), Mrs. Alice Ford (The Merry Wives of Windsor), Drusilla (The Coronation of Poppea) and the World Premiere of Girl from Girl in Six Beats by Daniel Sonnenberg. Other performances include the soprano soloist for A Requiem For , Mozart’s Coronation Mass, and both Duruflé and Faure’s Requiem. She recently covered Magnificat a sex vocem by Claudio Monteverdi. She is very excited Bachianas Brasileiras with the Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Cutter González. This is truly a bucket-list performance for her!

Yuxuan Zhang

Yuxuan Zhang comes from Beijing, China, and she is pursue Master of music in viola performance in University of Houston studying with Wayne Brooks. Zhang began her studies of viola at the age of 13 in pre college of China Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and she received her bachelor’s degree from Kant State university, as well as a performance diploma at Indiana University’s Jacob school of music. Her previous mentors have included Shaowu Wang, Fei Cao, Yu Jin and Atar Arad. Yuxuan Zhang is an alumna of National Repertoire Orchestra and Aspen Music Festival and she has been a violist of Canton Symphony Orchestra and Owensboro Symphony Orchestra. After studying, Yuxuan’s goal is to become a violist in a

Acknowledgments

The Moores School Symphony Chamber Orchestra would like to thank the following faculty and staff members for their invaluable assistance in helping to prepare this concert: Steven Block, Wayne Brooks, Eunghee Cho, Cynthia Clayton, Andrew Davis, Alaina Diehl, Karina Duran, Deforest Jones, Franz Krager, Dana Sedatole, David Siegel, Rob Smith, Tobin Wright, Kirsten Yon.